One day she saw an advertisement in a theatrical paper for showgirls, so taking time off work and with the smallest bikini she could find, she attended the auditions.
[3] Even though she was untrained in singing and dancing, she caught the attention of Jack Hylton, who gave her a part in Wish You Were Here at the London Casino in 1953.
Val Guest was at the opening night and left a note for her at the stage door to contact him.
[4] From the late 1950s, Day was a popular figure in British films, a glamorous blonde bombshell who appeared most memorably in the classic Stanley Baker drama Hell Drivers (1957) and the Hammer science fiction film Quatermass 2 (1957).
Many years later, Day appeared in a supporting role in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).